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Phlebotomy Simplified, 3e (Garza/Becan-McBride)
Chapter 2 Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
2.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which term means a set of principles or values based on religious or moral teachings that guide
a person's actions?
A) Standards
B) Maxims
C) Laws
D) Ethics
Answer: D
2) Which of the following seemingly innocent activities can lead to a lawsuit?
A) Discussing patient information with a patient's family member with the patient's permission B)
Discussing a 17-year-old patient's information with the patient's father without the patient's
permission
C) Sending a patient's lab test request to print and forgetting to take it off the printer D)
Logging off the computer after entering blood collection updates
Answer: C
3) A 4-year-old girl who refused to have her blood collected was locked in a room by a health care
worker and was forced to have her blood collected. This is an example of:
A) informed consent.
B) invasion of privacy.
C) misdemeanor.
D) assault and battery.
Answer: D
4) Which term refers to the conduct of the average health care worker in the community?
A) Discovery
B) Standard of care
C) Informed consent
D) Implied consent
Answer: B
5) What is defined as "failure to provide proper care, resulting in injury to others"?
A) Criminal action
B) Slander
C) Negligence
D) Assault
Answer: C
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6) Before a patient's laboratory test results can legally be released, the patient must: A)
express verbal consent over the telephone or in person.
B) tell his/her physician or nurse practitioner that it is okay.
C) provide written consent.
D) provide his/her attorney's consent.
Answer: C
7) The legal term for improper care of a patient by a member of the health care team resulting in
injury to the patient is: A) litigation.
B) assault.
C) battery.
D) malpractice.
Answer: D
8) What is a nonmedical reason for which medical records are used?
A) Quality improvement
B) Record of illness and treatment
C) Communication between physician and the health care team
D) Monitor continuous patient care
Answer: A
9) All of the following are ways to avoid malpractice litigation EXCEPT:
A) properly handling all HIPAA communications without violation.
B) disposing of laboratory tests in the regular trash.
C) obtaining consent for the collection of blood specimens.
D) regularly participating in continuing education programs.
Answer: B
10) Daria is a phlebotomist who became infected with HIV due to a needlestick that happened at
work during a patient blood draw. She will probably be covered by workers' compensation
benefits as long as she can demonstrate: A) that she was properly trained.
B) that no malpractice has occurred.
C) a causal connection between her infection and her employment.
D) an ethical basis for her claim.
Answer: C
11) Professional negligence in blood collection is: A)
malice.
B) malpractice.
C) informed consent.
D) implied consent.
Answer: B
12) Nasir is a 15-year-old patient at the hospital. Who has the right to release his laboratory results?
A) Only the patient
B) The laboratory supervisor
C) The patient's parent/guardian
D) The physician
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Phlebotomy Simplified, 3e (Garza/Becan-McBride)
Chapter 2 Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
2.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which term means a set of principles or values based on religious or moral teachings that guide
a person's actions?
A) Standards
B) Maxims
C) Laws
D) Ethics
Answer: D
2) Which of the following seemingly innocent activities can lead to a lawsuit?
A) Discussing patient information with a patient's family member with the patient's permission B)
Discussing a 17-year-old patient's information with the patient's father without the patient's
permission
C) Sending a patient's lab test request to print and forgetting to take it off the printer D)
Logging off the computer after entering blood collection updates
Answer: C
3) A 4-year-old girl who refused to have her blood collected was locked in a room by a health care
worker and was forced to have her blood collected. This is an example of:
A) informed consent.
B) invasion of privacy.
C) misdemeanor.
D) assault and battery.
Answer: D
4) Which term refers to the conduct of the average health care worker in the community?
A) Discovery
B) Standard of care
C) Informed consent
D) Implied consent
Answer: B
5) What is defined as "failure to provide proper care, resulting in injury to others"?
A) Criminal action
B) Slander
C) Negligence
D) Assault
Answer: C
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6) Before a patient's laboratory test results can legally be released, the patient must: A)
express verbal consent over the telephone or in person.
B) tell his/her physician or nurse practitioner that it is okay.
C) provide written consent.
D) provide his/her attorney's consent.
Answer: C
7) The legal term for improper care of a patient by a member of the health care team resulting in
injury to the patient is: A) litigation.
B) assault.
C) battery.
D) malpractice.
Answer: D
8) What is a nonmedical reason for which medical records are used?
A) Quality improvement
B) Record of illness and treatment
C) Communication between physician and the health care team
D) Monitor continuous patient care
Answer: A
9) All of the following are ways to avoid malpractice litigation EXCEPT:
A) properly handling all HIPAA communications without violation.
B) disposing of laboratory tests in the regular trash.
C) obtaining consent for the collection of blood specimens.
D) regularly participating in continuing education programs.
Answer: B
10) Daria is a phlebotomist who became infected with HIV due to a needlestick that happened at
work during a patient blood draw. She will probably be covered by workers' compensation
benefits as long as she can demonstrate: A) that she was properly trained.
B) that no malpractice has occurred.
C) a causal connection between her infection and her employment.
D) an ethical basis for her claim.
Answer: C
11) Professional negligence in blood collection is: A)
malice.
B) malpractice.
C) informed consent.
D) implied consent.
Answer: B
12) Nasir is a 15-year-old patient at the hospital. Who has the right to release his laboratory results?
A) Only the patient
B) The laboratory supervisor
C) The patient's parent/guardian
D) The physician
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